Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
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Disney's Reaction to Harry Potter Details?
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DisneyNut2007
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Need I remind you all to drop the ever-so-flawed "Everything has to be an E-Ticket/ride-through" mentality?!
Excuse me?! What the heck happened to your brain?! The Fantasyland Forest IS a "real" addition. Please don't keep letting yourself become as mean, stupid, brainless, one-sided, etc. as the majority of this forum's many @-hole members tend to be!
_Scar
Active Member
Yea, this is tottally wrong. Uni can hold onto the characters for as long as they like and keep what they have. They just can't add to that island.
And as long as Uni keeps the characters, WDW can't use them.
And I find it odd people are just now realizing Uni has stepped up their game. I've noticed since IoA opened lol
WDI doesn't lack imagination. It lacks money and the will from management to let them do their thing.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
And thats what is inexcusable
Mouse Detective
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My intent is not to begin another Pleasure Island thread, but to point out that the closing of Adventurers Club and all the other clubs is another example of how true the above posting is. Disney literally gave away tens of thousands of adult customers looking for nightlife over to Universal.
misterID
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I think it might be more "attractions that appeal to them." UNI definitely needs more dark rides. That's Disney's strong point.
ChrisFL
Premium Member
Many many things, especially if they hire me as an Imagineer :drevil:
misterID
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The stuff WDI had planned to counter HP that was mentioned in this very thread that TDO killed were beyond fantastic. TDO couldn't even do the SM refurb right.
Skip
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I agree here. What's even more frustrating is that Universal has proven it's able to produce some really stellar dark rides (Men in Black, E.T., Cat in the Hat, even Jurassic Park, and the dark ride portions of Mummy). I think they just feel there now has to be some thrill element (see Mummy, Jurassic Park, and most likely Harry Potter) for the ride to be marketable. Islands of Adventure would expand to be a much, much better park if it had another large family (NO THRILLS) dark ride or two. You could stick one in Toon Lagoon in the empty plot adjacent to Jurassic Park or tear down the old theater, or another Cat in the Hat-style attraction (Grinch or Horton Hears a Who?) in some sort of expansion space, if there is any.
Mouse Detective
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Aren't Spiderman and Men In Black considered to be the top 2 dark rides in the world? Well they're about to drop to number 2 and 3 when Harry Potter opens. Disney may have some good dark rides, but the top 3 being at Universal hardly makes it Disney's strong point.
Computer Magic
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This is starting to sound like MAC vs PC's. MAC is the dark horse but everyone buys PC's. MAC being Uni... I never bought a MAC, But I will be trying UNI.
DisneyNut2007
Active Member
_Scar
Active Member
I agree to a point, but I think Uni just needs more kid riendly options- not just dark rides.
They have the adult audience, they need family audience.
SleepingMonk
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We're Florida residents, born and raised, been to WDW more times than I can remember and have always had season passes.....until recently.
We dropped our Disney passes and picked up Universal.
Disney needs a big, big wake up call.
We dropped our Disney passes and picked up Universal.
Disney needs a big, big wake up call.
Computer Magic
Well-Known Member
I agree. I think Disney has spread themselves too thin by opening all of the other parks. They used WDW to pay for other ventures into other areas and taken those that visit WDW for granted . Disney feels they have a niche and can just do little improvements here and there. I have said for the last 3 years that competition from Uni is the best thing for us visitors.
Disney has Haunted Mansion, Pirates, Great Movie Ride, Pooh's Hunny Hunt...:shrug:...I think Disney still has the edge in the dark ride department, even if Universal's upcoming attractions in Florida look better than Disney's.
TubaGeek
God bless the "Ignore" button.
Kind of apples to oranges. While I would be more heartbroken if any of the WDW rides got shut down, I'd still rather go on any of the ones at Uni...
Skip
Well-Known Member
Universal has a lot of "kid" rides. Tons of play areas, Pteranadon Flyers, Storm Force, Flying Unicorn, Caroseussel, One Fish Two Fish, Sky Trolley, Cat in the Hat, Nuthouse Coaster, Barney, Jimmy Neutron, ET, etc..... the problem is with the exception of ET, Cat, and MAYBE Neutron and the Trolley, all of those rides are aimed almost squarely at kids. Universal has an issue with appealing to a wide range of audiences - it's either aimed at teens & adults, or young children. We need more rides like Shrek, Disaster, ET, Cat in the Hat, and so such that appeal to the ENTIRE family. The best types of rides to accomplish that in my opinion? Detail-infused, heavy AA-populated dark rides similar to ET and Cat in the Hat. Gives the park a lot of charm and lots of capacity in the family department.